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'Perks' has both heart, message

‘Perks’ has both heart, message

By Shelby Devitt | October 29, 2012

At 23, I’m beginning to worry that my love for tales of adolescent disenfranchisement is becoming misplaced. I have to carefully consider my identification with high school-aged characters when I’m at a point in my life where I pay my own bills, live...